Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Accent On Africa (1968)

Artist: Cannonball Adderley
Title Of Album: Accent On Africa
Year Of Release: 1968
Label: Capitol Records
Genre: Soul-Jazz, Afrobeat
Format: Lossless
Quality: FLAC (Tracks) Vinyl Rip 24bit-96khz
Total Time: 00:31:21
Total Size: 682 mb

Review: by Richard S. Ginell

Though labeled as a Cannonball Adderley Quintet session, this is actually a workout with a percussion section loaded with African drums, a big band, and in spots, voices -- all unidentified. Nevertheless, this is one of the best and most overlooked of the Cannonball Adderley Capitols, a rumbling session that bursts with the joy of working in an unfamiliar yet vital rhythmic context. Cannonball turns in one of his swinging-est solos through a Varitone electronic attachment on Caiphus Semenya's "Gumba Gumba" and "Marabi" is a real hip-jiggler; you can't sit still through it. Other highlights include Cannon preaching blue smoke in his own Afro-Cuban-blues-flavored "Hamba Nami," a dignified trip through Wes Montgomery's "Up and At It," and Nat Adderley's commanding work on cornet at all times.

Tracks:

A1 - Ndo Lima (Josef Zawinul)
A2 - Hamba Nami (Julian Adderley)
A3 - Khutsana (Caiphus Semenya)
A4 - Up And At It (Wes Montgomery)

B1 - Gumba Gumba (Caiphus Semenya)
B2 - Marabi (Julian Adderley)
B3 - Gun-Jah (David Axelrod)
B4 - Lehadima (H. B. Barnum, J. Rich, R. Holmes)

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